Tried my luck today in the pond here where I live. I was targeting crappie using a small red/chart. tube jig. I managed to catch a dozen or so average crappie, about 9 to 10 inches. I also caught 2 carp, about 5 lbs each, and lost 2 much bigger carp. I saw a school of the carp in the shallow end of the pond so I threw the jig at them, I was actually surprised that they hit the jig, the first carp I have caught on a crappie jig.
The shallow area had thousands of minnows, about an inch long, I am not sure what kind they were, because it appeared like the carp are currently in the process of spawning, the GREEN CARP aka bass were crusing the shoreline, and the crappie are still staged getting ready to move in.